what was built first the tyne bridge or sydney bridge?

Answer 1

Sydney Bridge was started first, then the Tyne Bridge opened first in 1928 and Sydney Bridge in 1932

Answer 2

Tyne Bridge is a bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. It was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and was built by Dorman, Long and Co. of Middlesbrough. It was officially opened on October 9, 1928 by George V.

There is a view that the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia was based on the Tyne Bridge. In fact, Work started on the Sydney Bridge before building began on the Tyne Bridge. The confusion arises because the Sydney Harbour Bridge took longer to complete due to its larger size.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge finally opened in 1932. The bridge was formally opened on 19 March 1932. The opening itself became an event in its own right.

Answer 3

Tyne Bridge

Answer 4

The world famous Tyne Bridge spans Newcastle and Gateshead in the north east of England. Although it is the most famous of the bridges that crosses the River Tyne; it was only finished in 1928 (when George V opened it). At that time it was the largest single span bridge in the world, a record it could only boast for four years due to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932

Answer 5

The Tyne bridge.

Answer 6

TYNE BRIDGE

The bridge has a perfect structural shape of a parabolic arch
It's the bridge that Geordies come home for. The Tyne Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. We turn back time and recall the building of this famous Tyneside icon.

The Tyne Bridge is one of the greatest symbols of Tyneside’s industrial pride and engineering prowess.

Built in 1928, the Tyne Bridge was a major engineering triumph in its day and remains a miracle of modern design 75 years on.

Built from steel and granite, the bridge has come to symbolise all that is best about the Tyneside industrial tradition and its history of engineering and innovation.

Spanning the Tyne
It was back in the late 19th century that the city fathers started talking about building a new Tyne Bridge to ease traffic congestion and provide a splendid new river crossing.


The Tyne Bridge starts to take shape in 1928
But it wasn’t until 1924 that plans to build today's bridge started to take shape.

Work began in August 1925 and it took just three years to complete the giant structure.

The bridge was built like a ship, using shipbuilding techniques with rivets and panels which were welded together.

As the bridge arches started to appear, it was clear that this was a grand feat of engineering prowess.

'Spidermen' on the bridge
The bridge builders risked their lives high above the waters of the Tyne, scaling heights and structures with the agility of Spiderman.


The bridge was a single span structure so it did not obstruct river traffic
Perched over 80 feet above the river, the men worked without the benefit of safety harnesses and ropes. Their agility and ability to work at great heights was second to none.

Despite the dangers of the building work, only one worker died in what was to prove a mammoth task.

Nathaniel Collins was a scaffold erector, a very dangerous job. He fell a hundred feet from the bridge and hit the water, fracturing his skull.

His family remembers that he had worked as a ship's plater and then served in the First World War. "He was a man who knew no fear."

Tall tales

The bridge was built by an army of riveters
As far as we know none of the men who built the bridge are alive today but we do have the testament of their relatives.

Julie Fox's grandfather and father built the bridge - they called her dad 'Spider Wilson'.

She recalls how he walked along the skeletal frame of the bridge without any fear of the height or falling if he made one false move.

Health and safety issues weren't high on the agenda.

"I think it was very, very scary because they had no harnesses and they just used to walk along the big steel cables and everything," says Julie.

Newcastle versus Sydney
TYNE BRIDGE
FACT FILE
The total cost of the bridge was £1,200,000.


Built by Dorman Long of Middlesbrough.

The road deck is 84 feet above the water.

The bridge has a 531 feet span.

The weight of the bridge is 7,112 metric tonnes.

The Tyne Bridge’s towers were built of Cornish granite and were designed as warehouses with five storeys.

Passenger and goods lifts were built in the towers to provide access to the Quayside. These are still in use today.


Buildings demolished to make way for the bridge -
the Goat Inn, the Earl of Durham, the Ridley Arms, the Steamboat Inn, Ray's lodging house, a powder mill, a pickle factory and a bank.

The bridge was originally painted green with special paint made by J. Dampney Co. of Gateshead. The same colours were used to paint the bridge for its Millennium year.

There's been much talk about who was first to complete this engineering feat with both Newcastle and Sydney vying for the honour of having 'the first Tyne Bridge'.

In reality Sydney was first to start work on its bridge and provided the template for the Tyne Bridge.

The Tyne Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson who based their design on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

This in turn was derived its design from the Hell Gate Bridge in New York.

It’s long been thought that the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia was based on the Tyne Bridge.

This is not the case and a quick look at the dates proves the case.

Work started on the Sydney Bridge before building began on the Tyne Bridge.

The confusion arises because the Sydney Harbour Bridge took longer to complete due to its larger size.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge finally opened in 1932, three years after the Tyne Bridge.

Celebrating the Tyne Bridge
The bridge was completed and opened in 1928 by King George V and the Queen who were the first to use the roadway travelling in their Ascot landau.

Hundreds of people lined the quaysides to see the new modern marvel of the age and to cheer the royal opening party.

It was a day that was remembered for a very long time by those lucky enough to be there.

Answer 7

The Tyne bridge. It's a working model. They thought they'd try out the principle on the Geordies first.

Answer 8

The Tyne Bridge them aussies have always got to copy us cause most of them were homesick

Answer 9

the tyne bridge. i was walking on it half an hour a go

Answer 10

wye aye man it was the geordie one canny lad!